diff --git a/osm_lcm/ns.py b/osm_lcm/ns.py
index 1cbd93a..afd3828 100644
--- a/osm_lcm/ns.py
+++ b/osm_lcm/ns.py
@@ -1989,6 +1989,9 @@
                     step = "Waiting to VM being up and getting IP address"
                 self.logger.debug(logging_text + step)
 
+                # default rw_mgmt_ip to None, avoiding the non definition of the variable
+                rw_mgmt_ip = None
+
                 # n2vc_redesign STEP 5.1
                 # wait for RO (ip-address) Insert pub_key into VM
                 if vnfr_id:
@@ -2020,7 +2023,13 @@
                             },
                             vca_id=vca_id,
                         )
-                    else:
+
+                    # This verification is needed in order to avoid trying to add a public key
+                    # to a VM, when the VNF is a KNF (in the edge case where the user creates a VCA
+                    # for a KNF and not for its KDUs, the previous verification gives False, and the code
+                    # jumps to this block, meaning that there is the need to verify if the VNF is actually a VNF
+                    # or it is a KNF)
+                    elif db_vnfr.get('vdur'):
                         rw_mgmt_ip = await self.wait_vm_up_insert_key_ro(
                             logging_text,
                             nsr_id,
@@ -2031,9 +2040,6 @@
                             pub_key=pub_key,
                         )
 
-                else:
-                    rw_mgmt_ip = None  # This is for a NS configuration
-
                 self.logger.debug(logging_text + " VM_ip_address={}".format(rw_mgmt_ip))
 
             # store rw_mgmt_ip in deploy params for later replacement